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                                  6636

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 23, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a state-
  wide gang database

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 231 to
read as follows:
  S  231. STATEWIDE GANG DATABASE. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DIVISION
OF STATE POLICE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A STATEWIDE
GANG DATABASE CONSISTING OF  IDENTIFICATION  INFORMATION  PERTAINING  TO
GANG  MEMBERS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "GANG MEMBER" OR "CRIMI-
NAL STREET GANG MEMBER" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A  MEMBER  OF  A
FORMAL OR INFORMAL GROUP, CLUB, ORGANIZATION, OR ASSOCIATION OF THREE OR
MORE  INDIVIDUALS  WHO PARTICIPATE, OR AGREE TO PARTICIPATE, IN CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
  2. IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE STATEWIDE  GANG  DATABASE  ESTAB-
LISHED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL:
  (A) CREATE A UNIFORM REPORTING  FORMAT  FOR  THE  ENTRY  OF  PERTINENT
INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE  REPORT  OF AN ARRESTED CRIMINAL STREET GANG
MEMBER OR ORGANIZED GANG AFFILIATES INTO THE STATEWIDE GANG DATABASE;
  (B) NOTIFY ALL STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES  THAT  REPORTS
OF  ARRESTED  CRIMINAL  STREET GANG MEMBERS OR ORGANIZED GANG AFFILIATES
SHALL BE ENTERED INTO THE STATEWIDE GANG DATABASE AS SOON AS THE MINIMUM
LEVEL OF DATA, TO BE SPECIFIED BY SUCH SUPERINTENDENT, IS  AVAILABLE  TO
THE REPORTING AGENCY;
  (C)  DEVELOP  AND IMPLEMENT A POLICY FOR NOTIFYING STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THE EMERGENCE OF NEW ORGANIZED  CRIMINAL  STREET
GANGS, OR THE CHANGE OF A NAME OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, SIGN OR
SYMBOL OF AN EXISTING ORGANIZED CRIMINAL STREET GANG;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (D) COMPILE AND RETAIN INFORMATION REGARDING ORGANIZED CRIMINAL STREET
GANGS  AND  THEIR  MEMBERS  AND  AFFILIATES, IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS THE
INFORMATION TO BE USED BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,  AND
OTHER STATE AGENCIES, AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES;
  (E)  COMPILE AND MAINTAIN A HISTORY DATA REPOSITORY RELATING TO ORGAN-
IZED CRIMINAL STREET GANGS AND THEIR MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES IN ORDER  TO
DEVELOP  AND IMPROVE TECHNIQUES UTILIZED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND
PROSECUTORS IN  THE  INVESTIGATION,  APPREHENSION,  AND  PROSECUTION  OF
MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES OF ORGANIZED GANGS;
  (F)  CREATE A QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM REGARDING CONFIRMATION OF ORGAN-
IZED CRIMINAL STREET GANG  MEMBERSHIP  AND  ORGANIZED  GANG  AFFILIATION
DATA,  TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION ENTERED INTO THE STATEWIDE
GANG DATABASE AND PERFORMANCE AUDITS OF ALL AGENCIES  ENTERING  INFORMA-
TION;
  (G)  DETERMINE  WHICH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MAY BENEFIT FROM ACCESS
TO THE STATEWIDE GANG DATABASE, AND NOTIFY THEM OF ITS EXISTENCE; AND
  (H) COOPERATE WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WISHING TO GAIN ACCESS
TO THE STATEWIDE GANG DATABASE, AND  FACILITATE  THEIR  ENTRY  INTO  AND
CONTINUED ACCESS TO THE DATABASE SYSTEM.
  S  2.  Severability.  If any provision of this act, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such  judgment
shall  not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall
be confined in its operation to the provision of this  act,  or  in  its
application  to  the  person  or  circumstance, directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.